72 pages • 2 hours read
A Wolf Called Wander
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019
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Teacher Introduction
A Wolf Called Wander
- Genre: Fiction; middle grade adventure
- Originally Published: 2019
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 670L; grades 3-7
- Structure/Length: 20 chapters, plus reference material; approx. 256 pages; approx. 3 hours, 54 minutes on audio
- Protagonist/Central Conflict: A young wolf cub named Swift lives in the mountains with his pack. When a rival pack attacks, Swift and his family scatter. He travels 1,000 miles across the Pacific Northwest looking for a new home, encountering hunters, highways, hunger, and peril, inspired by the true story of wolf OR-7.
- Potential Sensitivity Issues: Hunting and eating prey; hunters killing animals; animals killing animals
Rosanne Parry, Author
- Bio: Grew up in Oregon; was a summer camp counselor at Camp Howard; plays the violin and knows how to juggle; bookseller at Annie Blooms Books; writes her books in a treehouse in the backyard of her 100-year-old farmhouse
- Other Works: Heart of a Shepherd (2009); Written in Stone (2013); A Whale of the Wild (2020); A Horse Named Sky (2023)
- Awards: Junior Library Guild Best Books list (2019); Oregon Book Award finalist (2020); German Lovely Book Prize nominee (2020)
CENTRAL THEMES connected and noted throughout this Teaching Guide:
- Identity Within the Context of the Family
- Identity Within the Context of the Natural World
- The Coming-of-Age Narrative
STUDY OBJECTIVES: In accomplishing the components of this Teaching Guide, students will:
